Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Photographs from an English Birdwatcher who was among those twitching the Cape May Warbler in Unst on Saturday, November 2nd, 2013. These are some of the last photos taken of the bird as it was not seen since late that afternoon. The stunningly rare North American bird is only a 2nd record for Britain and Europe. The Cape May Warbler was found 10 days earlier by Mike Pennington. The bird favoured a Sycamore tree and garden in Baltasound in Unst, where it delighted the small groups of enthusiast that travel great distances to see it.

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It's about sharing... A blog about Shetland blogging. All independentShetland blogs followed on the above sidebar are automaticallysharedonMuckle Shetland's facebookaccount so friends can seenew posts as they come available.Shared posts have a directsourcelink totheauthored blog. (We are not responsiblefor content.) Muckle is the Shetland word for big or huge, as peerie is for small or little. Muckle Shetland was started asa Shetland blogging networkby Tommy H. Hyndman writer of the popularFair Isleblog.This blog is not commercial, nor do I blog for money, though I'm not opposed to that if you have any ideas?New and still underdevelopment, I'm still trying to fix some peerie glitchesin my spare time.

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